Category: faith
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Pursuing, Diminishments, Unbearable
Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, and gentleness. I Tim. 6:11 When I read a verse like this it inspires me, and if I’m not intentional, I get busy doing my best. But the very next verse gives better direction. Vs. 12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which…
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Something Else
Sometimes we are to give people opportunities to believe and repent – knowing they will not (Isa. Jer.) Obedience cannot be based on expected successful results. It’s so tempting to think we have misunderstood God when we step out in obedience and there are few to no results. We need to check and be as…
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Aha Moments
January – cold, dark, gloomy, frozen pipes, dead car, lots of sickness in the family – BUT GOD has given me several Aha Moments on things I’ve been thinking about for a while. One was casting your care (I Peter 5:7). I was thinking that if I could do it, it would mean that the…
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Partaker
The word partake stood out to me and I looked up several uses. 2 Cor. 1:7 Partakers of the sufferings and also the consolation Phil. 1:7 Partakers of grace Col. 1:12 Partakers of the inheritance Heb. 3:1 Partakers of the heavenly calling Heb. 3:14 Partakers of Christ Heb. 12:10 Partakers of His holiness 1 Pet.…
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You Were Washed
But You Were Washed – Blog 18 There’s a story in Kings about Naaman the leper who was cleansed from his leprosy and his flesh became like the flesh of a child. That caused me, especially at this age, to think about how lovely that would be – and how complete that cleansing healing was.…
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Just Ask
In Luke 11 today and was reminded in this very familiar passage about asking. In chapter 11, verse 1, the disciples ask: Lord, teach us to pray. And I started thinking about how often I have felt I didn’t know how or what to pray. I would feel discouraged, upset, grieved. I have bought numerous…
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Bride for Christ
I have been thinking on unity. I’m sure there is much more to it than we can comprehend this side of heaven. But Jesus prayed that we would be one as the Trinity is one (John 17:11), that we would be one in Them (vs21), that we be made perfect in one (vs 23). We…
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Letting go of Unreasonable
The fact that it’s not the same without Mom and Joe has been a source of on-going grief and loss. Finally, God broke through, and I realized expecting life or even wanting life not to change is unreasonable. Of course, at one level I knew that everything changed, but at a deeper level, I didn’t…
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Fighting the Place of Blessing
A few years ago, while looking at the Beatitudes, I recognized that I was fighting the place of blessing – again and again! In the last few months, I’ve listened to Matt Chandler’s teaching on the Beatitudes, and it caused me to think on this again. I have drawn from him in the descriptions below.…
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Cost of Blessing Part 4
It’s Worth the Price We need to be in the Word because the gospel is the power of God for our salvation – and it’s meant to be a full redemption. He’s knocking. We need to let Him in – not try harder – which is what I have tried many times. I saw I…
Speak Amen 